Sausage-linking machine



Jul 14,1925. 1,545,813

L. cuos SAUSAGE "LINKING MACHINE Filed June 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l IJuly 14, 1925.

L. CLOS SAUSAGE LINKING MACHINE Filed June 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2W/T/VEJJ 64,419 64 holes infthe polygonal frame" 5 and to bef tightenedthereto by nuts 13. At its upper end, said member piece 35, the upperface of which-1s arched and provided longitudinally with a channel 31,which is adapted to be considerablywider than the tiickness of thefilled sau sage casing and is ends, as at 32 (Fig. 2). v e

The operation or the'machine 1S as rollows: r v

The shaft 3 and consequently the platform 5 aredriven fromasuitablesource of power through abelt (notshown) engaging the pulley 4, From, asuitable place near the top of the machine, the filled sausage casingsare adapted to be fed 1nterm1t tently into the successive units, whenreachingv a certain position, top,board, conveyor or directly from afilling'machine (not shown). o v I As the filled sausage casing isbeingdeposited onto a unit to extend longitudinally midway between andrest upon the pair of cylinders '18 18 the parts of thelfilledsausage'casing adjoining the'one thus depos;

ited on the cylindersare held infthe grooves or channels 31 of theguides 12, while the ends of the part ot sausage casing to be treatedare each located in'the space vbetween the projecting portion of thevertical rib 20 and the horizontal fingers 37'or the supports. 1 At thisperiod, the flattened part 20 of the cylinder 18 is so located as topermit the passage of the sausage casingunder the projecting partfoftherib 26.

squeezing operation,

Immediately before the gear 27 engages the toothed sector 7, the sausagecasing lies midway between and on the cylinders 18* and 18 with'its endsresting on the fingers 37 or the holders (Fig. 6). After, the engagementofthe gear 27 with the toothed sector 7 and luring thecontinuation ofthe rotation of the frame 5, the cylinders 18 and 18 and also thesqueezers or squeezing cams 22 will receive a rotation in clockwisedirection through the medium ofthe' bevel gears 29 and 19. Theprotruding portions 23 0f he squeezing cams 22 will then press thesausage casing against the fingers 37 into the groove 30. As a result ofthis x the meat in the filled sausage casing is pushed. aside at thepoints of pressure forming a link. During the squeezing operation, thecylinder 18* is in such a position that itsfiatportion 21 is incontactwiththe sausage easing, so that the I rotation of the cylinderswill not rotate the sausage cas'ing depo'sited thereon. On a continuousrotation, the cam part 23 re- 7 link and the cylinders 18 and 18 'beginto turn the sausage link heldwith' itsrends in the depressions 0f theholders 25. 'When thegear '27'ar'rives at the opposite end of thetoothed' sector is formed with a head and supports may number of" unitsmust equal that of the from a suitable table self, and means includingary rests'a-t the ends of 7,thecylinders 18 and 18 'have completed theturning of the sausage link, which is nowrea'dy to pass from the unit.

Each unit 11' is adapted to formone link in the filled sausage casing,only every second sausage link being formed in this fashion. Thefinished string of sausage links made still wider at both" may then bedeposited on a belt conveyor that may be provided on the side oppositethat at which sausages arebeing fed into the machine or else the string''ofsausage links. may vice, that may stick ready for the It isunderstood smoke-house. that any number of units be used and that theguides 12. It is also understood that the units, with propermodifications, may be used separately without the revolving framework.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters-Pate'nt is:

1. In a sausage linkin'g'machine, a device of they character described,:comprising a pair of revolving members adapted to receive betweenthemselves a portion of filled sausage casing and capable at certainperiods of iparting a turning movement to thelatter, and means includingsqueezers operatively connected tosaid'members and adapted to squeezethe ends of said portion of sausage casing to form a link.

2. In a sausage linking machine, a device ofthe character described, apair of revoluble drums adapted to receive between themselves a portionof a'filled sausage casing and capable of turning the latter arounditstationary rests and'jrevolving squeezers operatively connected to oneof said drums and adapted "to squeeze the ends of saidportion of sausagecasingfto form a link, said drums being so shaped that during thesqueezing operation the sausage casing will not be turned.

3. In a sausage linking machine, a pair of revoluble' drums adapted toreceive between themselves a portion ofa filled sausage casing andcapable at certain periods of turning he latter around itself,stationone of said drums and revoluble squeezers at the ends of andoperated by the other drum adapted to squeeze the sage casing to form alink, said drums havincr flattened parts so arranged relative to saidsqueezers that said link will not be turned around itself during thesqueezing operation,*and means for guiding the Sansage casing onto thedrumsL' 1 4; Ina sausage linking machine, a pair of parallel drumscapable of being revolved in the same direction and having flattenedporti 'nso'n supports at the ardent one, of said cylin be taken off bysome special de 'putfithe sausage links on a.

their circumferences, stationary ders and cam members at the ends of theother cylinder, said cam members being adapted in cooperation with saidstationary supports to squeeze the ends of a part of a filled sausagecasing deposited midway between and resting on said cylinders, the flatportions of said cylinders being adapted to hold the part of the sausagecasing treat ed from turning during the squeezing operation and meansfor imparting rotation to said cylinders and squeezing cams.

5. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular system orseries of revolving uniform units and a sausage guide between each twoadjoining units, each unit being adapted in a certain position to receive a predetermined length of a filled casing to form a link and saidguides being adapted to hold the adjoining parts of the sausage casingin being formed, each unit comprlsing means for squeezing the ends ofthe sausage deposited in said unit and means for turnin said link arounditself after operation.

6. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series ofrevolving uniform units and a sausage guide between each two adjoiningunits, each unit comprising a rigid frame, a pair of drums revolublymounted therein and adapted to receive be tween themselves a piece offilled sausage casing to form a link, said drums being capable ofturning said piece of sausage casing upon itself, means at the ends ofone of said drums for squeezing the ends of the piece of and means forperiodically operating said cylinders and squeezers.

7. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series ofrevolving uniform units, each comprising a rigid frame, two drumstherein adapted to be periodically rotated in the same direction and toreceive a predetermined length of sausage casing to form a link,stationary members at the ends of one of said drums and means at theends of the other drum 5% the squeezin g position, while a link issausage casing held in said unit, drums therein adapted and revolvingwith the latter, said revolving means being adapted incooperation withsaid members to squeeze the ends of a piece of sausage casing depositedin said unit and means for periodically revolving said drums, so as toturn the link ofsausage casing around itself, after the squeezingoperation. i

8. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series ofrevolving uniform units, each comprising a rigid frame, two drumstherein adapted to be periodically rotated in the same direction and toreceive a predetermined length of sausage casing to form a link,stationary members at the ends of one of said drums, each comprising astationary vertically slanting member formed with a groove at its baseand a pair of horizontal fingers projecting from said base, and cammembers at the ends of the other drum adapted, when revolved, to pass bysaid vertically slanting member and through the space be tween the pairof fingers, so as to squeeze the ends of the piece of sausage casingdeposited in said unit into said groove and means for periodicallyrevolving said drums, so as to turn said sausage link around itselfafter the squeezing operation.

9. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a stationarycircular guide having a toothed sector, a circular series of uniformunits rotatively guided thereon and carrying a gear adapted toperiodically mesh with said toothed sector, each unit comprising a rigidframe and a pair of to be rotated by said gear in the same direction andto receive a part of the filled sausage casing, squeezing meanscomprising stationary members at the ends of one of said drums androtary members at the ends of the other drum, cooperating with saidstationary members to squeeze the ends of said sausage to form a link,and means for periodically revolving said drums to turn said link arounditself after the. squeezlng operat1on.

LUDWIG OLOS.

